Water Pollution Essay

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    enough of this! Yes, you can come and enjoy the Great Lakes, but you need to stop causing Pollution and Habitat Loss! I have had to move from one home to another 15 times in my life. The weird thing is, I am only one and a half years old. Lake Michigan is my home, and I am going to fight to keep it clean and home friendly. Pollution: When I get in my school in the morning, I always take a deep breath of water, but I always get a hint of oil or gas in my mouth. So, I go to the nurse and then I…

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    The water stay brown, Gotta move out of town Did you ever want to go swimming in a place where rubbish is literally 90% of the ocean? If not then there are gonna be changes to come, because as of now it has been recorded that nearly 10,000 tons of rubbish have been dumped into the oceans, not including all the oil spills that have occured. All this pollution to the marine life has been not only ruining human lives, but marine mammals lives, eventually leading up to their deaths. Countries all…

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    Boston Harbor Case Study

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    as far back as the 1930s." (The State of Boston Harbor: Mapping the Harbor's Recovery, 8) Now, the water quality is being measured by the MWRA to meet the health standards of making the water 1b.)With the respect of my parameter, bacteria pollution, I could attend the Boston Harbor Cleanup events to further increase the quality of water. Another thing that could help increase the quality of water is to have regulations at the Boston Harbor for not only the river but for people that own boats…

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    14 billion pounds of garbage are dumped into the ocean each year. Pollution is very damaging it's affects our ocean,air,soil,etc. So people should start thinking about pollution more than ever. We pollute and lot of things like we pollute our ocean 70% of the oxygen we breathe is from the the ocean and the ocean is losing oxygen because of humans polluting it. We also pollute the air 38.2 billion tons of CO2 is released into the air every year. We also pollute the soil which makes some food…

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    Corporate Agribusinesses

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    corporate agribusinesses polluting our water” Corporate agribusinesses could potentially be the number one polluter to the water supply today, harming marine life and even humans if the polluted water is consumed. With runoff of an abundance of chemicals from the usage of fertilizers and animal manure, agribusinesses create a huge threat to the health of the environment and all life relying on water purity. Agriculture is cited as” a leading cause of groundwater pollution in the United States”…

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    Oceanic Dead Zones

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    Water is something we cannot live without. Oceans are large bodies of water. We rely on them for many things. We need to better understand dead zones and their impacts on ecosystems as well as people. Dead zones are expanding, which decreases the water quality and can even be harmful to the economy. Another problem we face with oceanic dead zones is eutrophication. What are dead zones? What is eutrophication? What is their correlation to each other and why are they important? Where…

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    modern day, air and water pollution has been a problem affecting the economy of the United States, creating a significant cost for damages. The environment is a necessity for human survival, as it provides all of our resources, and maintaining it is the key to improving human life on the planet. Without this, we see more of what has already began to happen: global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, loss of biodiversity by deforestation and desertification and water pollution. As these…

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    Today as the industrial revolution occur the amount of pollution has been increased. In this especially the water and the air pollution can be pointed out as the major problems that occurred currently. The reasons for polluting the water and air can be identified the human activities. Today the industrial areas have been started to dispose all the substances such as oil and sewage and hazardous wastage in to the water without purifying. The ships that navigate in the ocean carry out the same…

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    gallons of untreated sewage, storm water, and industrial waste are dumped into U.S. waters. Stormwater, according to United States Environmental Protection Agency, is runoff that flowed through any surface modified by humans. With the addition of more urbanized areas, the increasing damages of stormwater which has been revealed as a danger to life. Storm water damages all life, including mankind. More specifically, stormwater damages the aquatic life due to the water chemistry changing. Metals…

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    Shantana Burrell Poisoned Waters Essay 10/27/14 There are many issues and concerns in Chesapeake Bay Estuary. Issues with Agriculture, air pollution and water pollution. In the video someone mentioned that the unfortunate reality is people get sick from water every day and we there is information suggesting that problem is getting worst today than it was 10 years ago and this problem is a result of a number of different contaminants being in the water that ultimately can make people sick. Within…

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